Safety

Seat Belt Rates

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors

Boeing 737 Max cleared for takeoff after two fatal crashes last year

Boeing 737

We follow laws on seat belts and smoking. Why not on masks?

Face Mask Compliance

These secret safety panels will pick the COVID-19 vaccine winners

COVID-19 vaccine safety panel

Roosevelt Boulevard's speed cameras to begin issuing tickets this weekend

Roosevelt Boulevard

Philly schools reverting to remote learning through mid-November

School District of Philadelphia

'Ride for Solidarity' organized for cyclist killed in hit-and-run

Memorial ride for William Lindsay

Philly schools' plan to rebrand police as 'safety officers' draws ire of student union

school district philly police

New Jersey youth sports practices set to kick off – with restrictions

New Jersey youth sports

Health systems failing to protect nurses amid COVID-19 crisis, union claims

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Here's how to properly dispose common hazardous materials

Paint Buckets Disposal

Airbnb to verify its listings, with help from former Philly police commissioner Charles Ramsey

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On Halloween, follow these trick-or-treating safety tips

Trick-or-treating safety tips

Phillies to extend Citizens Bank Park safety netting for 2020 season

Citizens Bank Park

Is this prominent South Philly fixture the worst hotel in the city?

Penrose Hotel

Bomb squad dispatched to South Street for what turned out to be fireworks

Police lights arrests crime

Climate change deemed huge public health threat by dozens of medical organizations

climate change pubic health

Area schools receive millions in security grants

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A helpful tip for protecting personal information in health apps

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Apple will soon tell you to turn the music down

apple volume monitoring

'Vacuum challenge': Why parents should definitely NOT facilitate this internet trend for kids

vacuum challenge

Delco woman likely faces fine after hiking, needing rescue from closed Glen Onoko trail

Glen Onoko Falls

PSA: Stop wearing lanyards while driving

lanyard safety

Here's how Philly-area hospitals 'score' in safety

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CVS putting vitamins and supplements to the test

Stock_Carroll - CVS Pharmacy

Pennsylvania Game Commission considering closing dangerous state park trail

Glen Onoko Falls

Woman with loaded gun stopped at Philadelphia International Airport checkpoint

Carroll - The Philadelphia International Airport Air traffic control tower

FDA panel to review safety of breast implants this week

breast implant safety panel

How old is too old to drive?

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Starbucks to install needle-deposit boxes in bathrooms of select U.S. stores

Stock_Carroll - Starbucks Coffee

Pennsylvania parents sue school district to block teachers from carrying guns

Tamaqua School District

These self-defense products were created to help keep runners safe

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PATCO offering free rides for safe travel this New Year's Eve

Stock_Carroll - Riding a PATCO train over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge

Preschoolers mistakenly served Pine-Sol cleaner instead of apple juice

Apple juice

Pennsylvania’s infrastructure gets a C- grade, just like it did four years ago

Carroll - Water Main Break Center City

These are the safest — and least-safe — hospitals in the Philadelphia area

Mercy Philadelphia Hospital

Children's Health

Expert tips for keeping your kids safe at the bus stop

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Train service, fares cut as New Jersey Transit makes safety upgrades

NJ Transit train

SEPTA continues Eagles season perks with free rides after Sunday's game

Children's Health

Infant walkers still landing babies in the hospital

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